The National Hurricane Center has officially designated Hurricane Beryl as a Category 5 storm.
In its 11 p.m. update, the NHC said: “Recent data from NOAA Hurricane Hunters indicate maximum sustained winds have increased to near 160 mph (260 km/h) with higher gusts. Beryl is now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Fluctuations in strength are likely over the next few days, but Beryl is still expected to be near major hurricane intensity as it moves through the central Caribbean and passes Jamaica on Wednesday. Some weakening is expected thereafter, but Beryl is expected to remain a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean.”
Beryl is forecast to continue to move rapidly toward the west-northwest over the next two days. The center of Beryl is forecast to move rapidly across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea tonight and into Tuesday, and is expected to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday.
Hurricane-force winds extend up to 40 miles (65 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 125 miles (205 km).
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